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Healthy, Flavorful Food

Our Favorite Marinated 3 Bean Salad (Great for Meal Prep)

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This post was previously published on Robust Recipes. It has been updated for a better user experience. I shared this marinated 3 bean salad on the blog a few years ago and it has since become one of our favorite non-lettuce salads to make. It's packed with flavor, texture, and is super healthy. This marinated 3 bean salad is so good that it becomes the main portion of our meal. Forget all the other things. Just give me the bean salad, please and thank you! I have made this … [Read more...]

Easy Chicken Enchilada Casserole

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Cinco de Mayo is only two days away!!! You've got your margarita, you've got your homemade salsa, you've got your guacamole - now all you need is your entrée. Chicken enchilada casserole!!! Saucy chicken, beans, corn, green chilies, and even wilted spinach between layers or corn tortillas and cheese...yes, there is plenty of cheese. It's like an enchilada lasagna. A Mexican lasagna. Doesn't that sound glorious? Yes! Enchilada sauce! Since this wouldn't be an enchilada … [Read more...]

Roasted Sweet Potato Hash with Brussels Sprouts

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This is your weekend breakfast recipe, or it's your brinner. Breakfast + dinner = brinner! It's your easy 25 minute meal that is satisfying and healthy any time of day. It's veggie and protein packed.  It's simple, yet bursting with flavor. It's roasted sweet potato hash with Brussels sprouts and a hint of smokiness from chili powder and smoked paprika - and a runny fried egg. Because roasted sweet potato hash is just meant for a rich, runny egg yolk for dipping. How do you not … [Read more...]

Lighter Butter Chicken (30 Minutes)

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This post was previously published on Robust Recipes. It has been updated for a better user experience. Behold butter chicken. One of the best meals you will ever taste! In. Your. Life!!! Not joking. I truly love all the food I make and share with you on the blog, but any Indian dishes, especially this butter chicken is next level good! I had shared this recipe back in the early days and was excited how I was able to re-create one of my favorite dishes that I order at our … [Read more...]

2 Healthy Sauerkraut Recipes

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Hello friends! Now that you know how to make sauerkraut  - the classic flavor where all you need is cabbage and salt and caraway seeds, if you'd like, let's mix things up shall we? Sometimes all cooking (or in this case fermenting) is is knowing the basics of how to make something and then adding different flavors to mix things up a bit, create your own signature flavor of a recipe.  That's exactly what I've done with this sauerkraut! We've got 2 healthy sauerkraut recipes: … [Read more...]

Banana Sweet Potato Bread (GF)

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  This was a popular recipe that was previously published on Robust Recipes. I have updated it for a better experience. Enjoy! Another recipe update? YES! Although, I won't ever get to updating all of my old posts, I have been seeing a few that deserve a little face lift. No botox here...but the photos were not so great because I published it when I was still learning how to photograph food. AND the instructions in the recipe were a little too wordy. Practice and time really helps … [Read more...]

Roasted Butternut Squash and Brussels Sprouts with Pomegranate

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This is a popular recipe that was previously published on Robust Recipes. It has been updated for a better experience.  Halloween is two days away!!! So let's talk about Thanksgiving sides ha! Actually this roasted butternut squash and Brussels sprouts are great anytime during the fall or winter. As in, anytime you can find butternut squash, Brussels sprouts, and pomegranates in season. Which is pretty much right now until the end of December. Pomegranates have a short season, at … [Read more...]

Fall Cobb Salad with Butternut Squash

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It's official I've shifted my recipes from end-of-summer to beginning-of-fall. Bring on the pumpkin spiced recipes! Bring on the apples! Bring on all the orange and red hues! We're ready for you!!! Do you have your fave cozy sweater on? I busted out mine today because it's 60 degrees and breezy. I'm confused, yesterday it was 90 degrees and sunny!! WHAT?! Weather is strange this time of year in the Midwest, it can be back and forth for a while. You gotta keep both your tank tops and your … [Read more...]

Mushroom Cauliflower Risotto with Crispy Tofu

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AND FRIED SAGE LEAVES!!! Yes, those dark leaves sprinkled on top are sage leaves that have been fried in butter until they're crispy and melt-in-your-mouth good! Sorry to yell at you first thing in the post but I didn't want you to miss the fact that this recipe includes crispy sage leaves. Have you tried them?! Oh man, they're sooo amazing! It's my favorite thing to work into a fall inspired recipe.  Oh, and that butter that has been infused with the sage is poured right into … [Read more...]

Pineapple Green Juice (Without a Juicer)

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This is a very exciting moment for me!!!! I finally found a green juice that I actually like! One that doesn't taste like I am drinking  a salad. It doesn't just sit there in my fridge barely touched until I finally dump it down the sink. This green juice I have been absolutely addicted to!! And it's all because of that pineapple! About a year ago I shared a recipe for fresh carrot juice, which is really tasty. Since that carrot juice I have wanted to start drinking green juices. I … [Read more...]